Metropole Hotel Hanoi

... the cities, the food and the low prices justify this. However in the 3 days we spent there we only saw Hanoi. Our hotel was the Metropole, a top renovated hotel where Graham Greene stayed in his time, smack in the middle of the French Quarter and close ...

... cafe were waiting to go to, you guessed it, Halong Bay!  The Aust. couple happened to mention how wonderful the Sofitel Metropole hotel is here, built during the French Colonial period in early 1900s, he works for Marriott Hotels in Aust. (more about ...

... . It's a very pretty stroll especially in the morning. We looped back around the lake and ate lunch at the famous Metropole Hotel. It's a gorgeous old French Colonial hotel (very, very nice and expensive). We splurged on a scrumptious three-course French ...

... a guy that was cheif engineer at the Croc about 8 years ago, Andre and his wife Meen. He suggested we met at the Metropole Hotel which i was glad he did as it was a surreal experience - a spectacular old traditional hotel in the sense of Raffles. Andre ...

... me, I was not going to find one in Luang Prabang...) In the evening I had dinner with Nick and his wife Son at the Metropole hotel (whether I do it on purpose or not, it seems like I cannot avoid 5 star hotels in capital cities...). We had a fantastic ...

... Hoan Kiem Lake, went to the Ngoc Son Temple on an island in the lake, and had lunch on the terrace of the Metropole Hotel. Undoubtedly where McCain and 3 other senators stayed for their visit this week. It's obviously the place to have wedding pictures ...

... interesting and some of the paitings (and statues - see pictures) were amazing. We also (as you have to) went to the Metropole hotel - apparantly the best in town for an afternoon coffee and icecream. Overall, I love Hanoi. It is not as Indochina ...

... Anyway, we made the lonnnnng drive from the airport, which, I think, was closer to the Chinese border than downtown Hanoi, and I reached the fabulous Sofitel Metropole around 10:00 p.m. (Yea, I know. Very decadent, but when I knew I was going to be in ...

... and we had a leisurely breakfast, being the only remaining residents, before packing our stuff and taking a taxi to the Sofitel Metropole, our hotel with Mum and Dad for the next 3 days. We arrived and were met by porters who took our rucksacks from us ...

... the Opera wing.  We didn't do much, just (re) packed ready to come home and then went and sat by the pool bar.  We went for tea in the Spices restaurant at the hotel, which was very nice.  We left the hotel for Hanoi airport for the trip home at ...

Flight from Danag to Hanoi was fine...glad to leave that guide and meet our next very sweet guide here - very nice hotel - Metropole...a little drizzle as we walked around Ho Chi Minh's house and park. Interesting man ! Toured some of the other sights - ...

... leveraging large "stick like" items to maneuver the puppets.  The show was great and truly unique. Dinner was at the Press Club tonight which was located walking distance from the hotel.  We enjoyed a nice dinner before calling it a night. ...

Arriving in Hanoi, we checked in to arguably its best hotel, the Sofitel Metrople, thanks to my having hosted their Sales Manager when he visited me in Hue. As I have seen much of Hanoi, family had to put up with visiting the Ethnic Museum during the day. ...

Singapore to Hanoi on SQ Beautiful hotel! Afternoon walk around the lake, stopped for ice cream then temple visit at sunset Back to hotel for happy hour, then to local recommended ...

... everything that was liquid out of our bags and we took all our luggage on board running through the airport in Hanoi with an airline attendant in front of us ran straight through customs and security with the hostie running so fast we could ...